Numerous organizations perform "FactChecks" on candidates for public office.

Numerous OnTheIssues viewers have complained that the "FactCheckers" are as biased as the candidates.

We address the bias of the fact-checkers by including fact-checking from several sources.
In 2011, we use FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com.
And we also have started our own internal fact-checking.

OnTheIssues.org's fact-checking focuses on subtle lies.
Politicians are very good at telling half-truths which deflect attention from the real issue -- we attempt here to point out those types of lies.
And we cover not-so-subtle lies that the other fact-checkers miss.

We remind voters to keep in mind the old adage:
Q: "How can you tell when a politician is lying?"
A: "His lips are moving."

We add to that adage that the mainstream news media are just as bad -- they line up to listen to the lies, and then report them to the public as truth.
Q: "How can you tell when news reports are lying?"
A: "When they just repeat what politicians say."An honest press would instead investigate every statement made by politicians, rather than breathlessly repeating the lies as if they were true.
The mainstream media has abandoned that essential role. We attempt to remedy that on this website.

Foreign PolicyDonald Trump: FactCheck: No, Iran is not a trading partner of North Korea.
Chris Christie: World has fewer democracies than before Obama.
Sarah Palin: FactCheck: Never said, "I can see Russia from my house".
Rick Perry: FactCheck: Pakistan is our ally, according to Bush generals.
Eric Cantor: FactCheck: Jihadists resent US occupation, not our beliefs.